Amorphis Share Their Single and Video “Light And Shadow” – New Album Coming Soon


Finnish metal icons, Amorphis, have unleashed their latest single, “Light And Shadow,” along with an official lyric video. The track is the first to come from their recently announced, 15th studio album, Borderland, due September 26, via Reigning Phoenix Music records. Catch the new track and more from the band below.
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Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival Announces Music Set Times, Two Special After Parties, New Bands with Metallica, Linkin Park, Korn, Alice in Chains, Rob Zombie, and More


The Biggest Rock Fest in Columbus History, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival officially kicks off in less than two weeks, May 8-11 at Historic Crew Stadium in Ohio. Producer Danny Wimmer Presents is pleased to announce the music performance set times, two special after parties, and the launch of the 2025 mobile app so fans can start building their dream itineraries for the four-day event. Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will feature more than 100 bands on 4 stages, including Metallica in their festival debut, offering a “No Repeat Weekend” with two nights, two unique sets on Friday and Sunday. On Thursday, Korn will headline after sets from Bad Omens and Three Days Grace. On Friday, Metallica will be supported by Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper, and on Saturday Linkin Park will be supported by Incubus and I Prevail. Metallica will close out the weekend on Sunday night with Alice In Chains and Chevelle. In addition to the previously announced acts, Sonic Temple now features Three 6 Mafia, Insane Clown Posse, Shadows Fall, Bleeding Through and Terror.Continue reading


Fit For An Autopsy Share a Live Video for “Lower Purpose” – On Tour Soon


Fit For An Autopsy have just dropped a live music video for their track, “Lower Purpose,” filmed and edited by Cameron Nunez. The original appears on their seventh album, The Nothing That Is, released last fall through Nuclear Blast Records. They also kick off a North American tour on April 8th, taking in 31 dates, including shows with Arch Enemy, Baest, and Thrown Into Exile, festival appearances, plus headline shows with Mugshot, Tracheotomy, and Gates To Hell. Keep reading below for the new video, live listings, and more.
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: New Rock and Metal Releases for 3-28-25


From underground gems to headline-worthy drops It’s New Music Friday for 3-28-25!

What is your favorite album cover this week?

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PREVIEW: New Music Friday – Rock and Metal Releases for 3-28-25


From underground gems to headline-worthy drops It’s New Music Friday for 3-28-25!

What is your favorite album cover this week?

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ALBUM REVIEW: Arch Enemy – Blood Dynasty


Perennial all-stars Arch Enemy are back at it with their twelfth studio offering titled Blood Dynasty (Century Media Records). With this new cut, the band stays true to form delivering a blistering lineup of eleven cuts of pure brutality. Track after track we are bludgeoned with instruments wielded at virtuosic levels. Guitars are on full blast in every respect, from driving riffage that hits full throttle to solos that divebomb and shred everything in sight, one-second soaring in the clouds and the next stomping holes in the earth. Continue reading


PODCAST: Glacially Musical 223 – Metallica’s “Black Album” Reviewed and Why It Is The Biggest Metal Album


Nik and Keefy of GhostCultMag take on the biggest metal album (by sales, and by a lot) of all-time – Metallica’s Metallica a.k.a. “The Black Album!” How in the hell did this happen?Continue reading


Savage Lands Share Their Single and Video “Ruling Queen” ft. Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) and Kenneth Andrews (Obituary)


Activist metal supergroup, Savage Lands, have just dropped their video single, “Ruling Queen,” featuring Arch Enemy‘s Alissa White-Gluz and Kenneth Andrews of Obituary. Their upcoming album, Army of the Trees, comes out February 15, 2025, on Season of Mist records, with all proceeds going to environmental conservation. Check out the new video and more below.
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Night Flight Orchestra – Give Us The Moon


Retro-flavoured Swedes The Night Flight Orchestra (ft. Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Mean Streak members) are still at it with their seventh album Give Us The Moon (Napalm Records). With an insanely catchy AOR style, with an unabashedly high level of seventies and eighties-style cheese front and centre. Half the tracks here sound like they belong in some long-forgotten, coming-of-age film from 1985.  Continue reading


Arch Enemy Book a Headlining North American Tour with Fit For An Autopsy, Baest, and Thrown Into Exile


Swedish metallers, Arch Enemy, have announced a huge, headlining tour through North America for 2025. It comes in support of their twelfth studio album, Blood Dynasty, due out March 28 via Century Media Records. They kick off on April 14 in San Diego, running through to May 16 in Atlanta, and including several stops in Canada, along with key spring festival appearances, such as Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville. Find out more below.
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